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I have a shooting pain when I bend my right leg and try to lower down. The other side is fine. I have had it for over 3 months now and it is not getting better. I thought if I just tried stretching more it would be better but it doesnt seem to help. This is also a problem with the pose where my left leg is extended and the right leg is in. What muscles do you think could be the problem or what should I do to help this problem?
I also suffered from this same pain, but on the left side. Deep pain, kind of sharp, on the front, inside panty line area where leg meets the body. Experienced the pain while in triangle, sometimes tree pose and the bent leg during Seated Head to Knee Stretch. It would also hurt trying to get into my car, a jeep.
Hate to say this, but the only thing that helped the pain go away was to stop doing yoga. I know, I know… it’s not what you wanted to hear. I had to stop for a while due to a rotator cuff tear. During that break, as my shoulder healed, the groin pain also healed.
Still don’t know how I caused the leg pain, but it’s gone now.
When I was having the pain, I would just modify the pose and not push too hard on that leg. The only time I experienced the pain was while doing those 3 yoga poses and in/out of the car, so I felt I could live with it.
Sorry I couldn’t offer a magic solution, but sometimes misery just loves company!!
Have fun in your practice!
Barb
Hi Christine
Since your post, has there been any improvement or change? If you have a muscle injury it may be being aggravated by your stretching and you could have some scar tissue in there that needs resolving. Have you seen a physical therapist yet for a diagnosis and to give you exercises to strengthen your muscle? It sounds as though you could have weakness and injury that needs intervention.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂Hi, I know this is an old post, but I have the same exact issue as Barb. “I also suffered from this same pain, but on the left side. Deep pain, kind of sharp, on the front, inside panty line area where leg meets the body. Experienced the pain while in triangle, sometimes tree pose and the bent leg during Seated Head to Knee Stretch. It would also hurt trying to get into my car, a jeep.”
I have pain in my left groin. For awhile it only hurt during triangle, but the last few classes it’s continued to hurt in the postures that followed. And then today I felt the groin pain during 1st part of awkward. And it continued the rest of class. I couldn’t do triangle at all.
I’m guessing that because of my flexibility I can sit down too low in Triangle, but I don’t know what to do now. Or if I have been doing anything else in triangle to create this.
Thanks.
Hello Christina
There are many pose elements we could explore together. It’s my job to try to find the source of your issue. The trick is to look beyond the obvious.
Can you tell me if you only ever get the pain on the left side?
How does the area feel when you try something such as Standing Bow? This is a counter position to the poses that are causing you grief at the moment. So if that works in any small way then do tell me. It won’t be the whole answer though. I just want to find a way to help you relieve the issue now. If it does I can give you something to do easily at home without the issue of balancing on one leg.
Have you seen the video called Great Posture From The Ground Up? Clicking this will open it up in a different window so we can keep talking. 😉
It’s possible that the way you weight your body through your feet could be making things difficult. Let’s try to exclude that on the gross scale. There are subtle elements of weighting that effect Triangle, but first let’s see the answers to the above before we go on.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂Hi Gabrielle,
Thanks for replying.
Yes, I only feel the pain on the left side. And I have found since having this “injury” that I do get some relief when I do Standing Bow. And will sometime feel the need to do that posture when my groin hurts.
I have watched your very informative video “Great Posture from the Ground Up” many times. And do not pronate or lean into my ankles. I’ve always been pretty mindful of the way I walk and stand.
Thanks,
Christina
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